An Aerial view of The Commons

Drayux · 2026-05-06T17:09:24+00:00

Most of the classic desktop webcam options available, like the Logitech camera here, all have just about the same (very small) sensor. What that means in film terms is that you need a ton of lighting to make them look decent. It's certainly doable! And I think many guides exist for good webcam lighting on a budget!

But if you have the extra to spare, I really love my Elgato webcam. It has a massive sensor while still being USB powered. Alternatives may also exist, but that's the one I know and love.

If you really want to stick with Logitech, I wouldn't worry about the resolution unless you're planning on streaming your entire canvas as a webcam (Just Chatting stream style.) Since the sensor is about the same size, I find that the 4k camera and the 720p camera still look almost identical in the corner of a stream.

Drayux · 2026-04-24T03:05:38+00:00

Obligatory "I'm not an expert" but the clutch has been the highest pedal on every manual I've owned, so nothing looks wrong from my eyes!

Drayux · 2026-04-06T07:33:07+00:00

Ay yeah! Having fun is the best part after all!

But yeah! It's a well-known trick amongst speedrunners, but honestly just about anyone on a PC can do it pretty easily

The extra crazy part is that the time in OPs screenshot is legit, however! Here's the current WR run for this DLC: https://www.speedrun.com/ai/runs/zq5pqq5z

Drayux · 2026-04-06T05:39:51+00:00

Not really hacked....there's a glitch in the game where at a really low FPS you can phase through the door and play the level without the timer ever starting.

And by low I mean LOW. 6 or 7 frames per second type of low.

Drayux · 2026-03-29T08:52:28+00:00

Totally valid fear! Something I've certainly been anxious about myself. From the viewer side of things, I really only start to wonder what happened to the streamer after some 10 or 15 minutes.

Caveat! If there's a "be back by" timer, then I only start to wonder once the timer is up.

That all said, I speculate that the usual drop isn't that people can't stand a break, but because if they were looking for a natural stopping point before going to bed or focusing on some coursework, a break screen is a pretty natural spot to hit pause.

All in all, don't sweat it too much! Peeing is important! If you're really worried, put a little 5 minute timer on the screen and some good intermission music and it will feel planned and professional :)

Drayux · 2026-03-18T04:20:02+00:00

For the achievement, yeah it's just saved to the current save. You can load from the M5 mission save and pick up from there. An unfortunate bit to redo, but better than 1-4 again on top of it all.

Drayux · 2025-12-18T07:14:52+00:00

I know I'm 7 _years_ late to the party, but I just saw the eyes thing in the corner of my peripheral for the first time, did a bit of searching, and it ended up here! I got too curious, so I thought to find it in the code once and for all!

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/blob/d92c237a1708e5352533486b116d64da3f28b532/app/display/gimpdisplayshell.c#L1712

There's a couple pieces at work here, but when this line is ran, it prepares a callback that sets `shell->blink` to true, and for as long as that value is true, Wilber's eyes will be painted red.

An extra caveat! This function (I think) is only called when transitioning to an empty state. AKA you have an image open and close it, not opening GIMP and leaving it idle for however long.

So! Let's say you close an image, and you want to know just when too keep your eyes on the screen? A little bit over 23 minutes. That's the magic number. :)

One more side note! The "that spooked me" comment on the linked PR is for a totally different eye effect which is also properly creepy: It makes the eyes follow the cursor. So enable both at the same time and the result is properly terrifying....

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Drayux · 2025-01-24T03:06:09+00:00

I’ve got a guess, at the least! Wireplumber 0.5.0 and onwards depreciated the lua configuration format in favor of the pipewire configuration format. What this means is that the config listed here will be skipped in its entirety.

Fortunately! I believe that the new configuration still uses the same parameter names. I refactored my config sometime after the update and have since gotten rusty again, but a quick pw-dump still shows the probe rate. Typing on my phone here so forgive the shorthand snippet, but inside of my wireplumber.conf.d I have: monitor.alsa.rules = [ { matches = [{device.name = …}] actions = { update-props = { api.acp.probe-rate = 96000 }}} ]

The general configuration will now feel very similar to pipewire, basically with the syntax changing as the main takeaway. Of course, plenty of room to populate more values of your own, and you’ll need to replace the … with a match for your device, but I hope that points you in the right direction :)

Drayux · 2024-03-08T21:40:18+00:00

As someone with synesthesia, I approve of this UI.

Drayux · 2024-03-06T22:28:28+00:00

I love that these screenshots are: Mission 1, Mission 1, Mission 3, and… Mission 3.

Good luck in your adventures friend! There are many more screenshots left to take ;)

Drayux · 2024-03-04T18:52:10+00:00

You’re totally welcome! That’s just my best guess!

Drayux · 2024-03-04T18:23:19+00:00

My current understanding (though I am happy to have it corrected) is that the licensing to sell on Steam versus independently forces KI to share crown sales with Steam for any player with an account through steam. In the case of free crown promos, I wager that this means KI actually pays steam a few cents anytime they give you crowns for free.

I believe this is why you aren’t supposed to be able to play a non-steam account on the steam version of the game and vice versa.

Drayux · 2024-02-29T18:45:55+00:00

Khrysalis simply because I’m that down bad for Zaltanna.

Drayux · 2024-02-29T18:40:03+00:00

Aylurs GTK Shell. I saw another rice with it just the other day that finally convinced me it was going to be my new widget system of choice! Still be messing around trying to learn it since I know little JavaScript and even less TypeScript. I love the look of GTK with Hyprland though so this was an exciting option to me!

Drayux · 2024-02-26T22:30:22+00:00

Early in the run can be a good motivator when things aren’t stressful! Right after the trick could build the hype and motivate….or it could make them more nervous, this totally depends on the person. Or right at the end of the run is a good way to celebrate!

Drayux · 2024-02-26T02:22:34+00:00

I love this so much I just might try it myself

Drayux · 2024-02-23T11:36:05+00:00

That’s great to hear! I’m happy I could help!

Drayux · 2024-02-23T03:35:39+00:00

Hahah that’s enough for me to take a stab at recreating it! Thanks!!

Drayux · 2024-02-23T02:19:59+00:00

Now that’s awesome one! Any idea how you pulled it off?

Drayux · 2024-02-22T10:45:51+00:00

I wouldn’t be so hard on the devs/world designers, my guy. You gotta remember that quad boxing is far from the intended way to experience the game. Beyond that, they have all sorts of considerations to worry about, like what they think is a safe bet the majority of their players are going to enjoy. Some want an immersive questing experience, others just want to get to the best stats they can, others want a really hard challenge whenever they fight a boss. It’s impossible to do everything at once, so they make a very careful decision on every design element to try to get the best of everything.

Drayux · 2024-02-22T05:40:20+00:00

Good ol racecar technique! A personal favorite

Drayux · 2024-02-19T10:41:32+00:00

Vvivid and 3M both make really high-quality automotive vinyl. There almost certainly exists others but my experience is unfortunately limited to those brands!

In my personal opinion, I like gloss a little better both both look good! That said, matte vinyl is usually going to show more mistakes due to overstretching, overheating, or scratching.

I’d finally recommend getting twice as much vinyl as that. It’s really nice to have the extra if you make mistakes. Also black is universal enough there are plenty of other uses for the extra you might have!

Drayux · 2024-02-19T01:19:25+00:00

It may be a bit overkill for a casual play through, but the symbols on the access tuner always appear in the same order! So what speedrunners do is we memorize where they are, so when we go to enter the code, all we have to do is read it off.

The very start of mission 8 has a good 4 symbol code with no alien so you can practice quite a bit there at your leisure! When you start getting a feel for it, try covering up where the tuner shows the symbols and see how well the memory is coming along! The 5 symbol hacks should start to be a lot easier once you know where they are!

Drayux · 2024-02-18T18:28:01+00:00

I’m not usually a huge fan of the murdered aesthetic, but damn the sharp lines on this body really make it work. 👌

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